Property Record
W9580 STATE HIGHWAY 21
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Tamarack School Building |
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| Reference Number: | 239318 |
| Location (Address): | W9580 STATE HIGHWAY 21 |
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| County: | Waushara |
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| Township/Village: | Wautoma |
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| Town: | 19 |
| Range: | 10 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 31 |
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| Year Built: | 1850 |
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| Survey Date: | 2016 |
| Historic Use: | elementary, middle, jr.high, or high |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2016-The structure located at W9580 STH 21 functioned as a local school from the 1850’s to 1963. It is a single-story front gabled building with wood clapboard siding and an asphalt shingled roof. A small cement-capped porch and portico mark the single door entrance on the front façade of the building. Five, four-pane windows run the length of both sides of the building. A brick chimney is located on the north side. The structure sits atop a fieldstone foundation. There is a south section that appears to be a later addition, although it closely matches the north section’s foundation, siding and windows. The school may have been built in the 1850's. It served grades one through eight, with no kindergarten. Tamarack school stood on land originally purchased in 1855 from the federal government by S.S. Soule. Samuel and Sarah Winchester bought 1.4 acres of the homestead for $10 and gave it to the Joint School District No. 4 which include the townships of Wautoma, Dakota, Richford and Deerfield in Waushara County. The school opened in 1857. By the end of the 19th century other schools in the township included four one room schools and multi-room schools. Other surrounding townships had similar numbers of schools. Waushara County followed the pervasive trend in the mid-20th century of closing small country schools. The Tamarack School officially closed in January of 1963.It was later purchased by the adjacent landowners and remains in their possession today. |
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| Bibliographic References: | "Architecture/History Survey of STH 21 from Coloma to Redgranite; I39-STH 22 in Wautoma/Coloma, Waushara County, WI. November and December 2016. WHS Project #19-0953, Prepared by CORRE, Inc." |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |